Skills Self-Assessment

CS 319

Name:

This self-assessment consists of two parts. For the first part, you'll answer some questions. For the second part, you're asked to rank job titles.

Part 1. Answer each of the following questions. Provide justification for each of your answers. A rating of ``10'' is best, while ``1'' is worst.

1. Are you a ``big picture'' sort of a person?

2. Do you enjoy working out the details of a project?

3. On a scale of 1 to 10, rate your programming skills.

4. On a scale of 1 to 10, rate your ability to eliminate ambiguity from another's statements.

5. Are you a self-starter?

6. How good are you at motivating others?

7. How well do you communicate ideas to others?

8. On a scale of 1 to 10, rate your ability at digging up information on the Internet.

9. How good are you at estimating the amount of work required to complete a project.

10. How much system administration experience do you have?

11. In 50 words or less write a specification for a device which can be used to store frozen dairy confections.

Part 2. Following is a list of job titles. Rank them. Here, ``1'' is best.

• Marketing manager.

• Product planner.

• Product development manager.

• Requirements engineer.

• Software architect.

• Programming manager.

• Software engineer.

• System administrator.